Mears plays mostly by the Puccini/Giacosa/Illica rulebook of love and terror in totalitarian Rome - foolish the director who would throw the musically and ...

Performances in N.Y.C. The strong-willed singer, returning in “Tosca,” was long one of the Metropolitan Opera’s star sopranos. But in the past decade, her appearances have been rare. Angela Gheorghiu ...

Set in Rome in 1800, the story pits the main character, Rome's diva Floria Tosca, and her lover Mario Cavaradossi against a corrupt police chief, Baron Scarpia. Sensational OPERA America Women ...

NEW YORK — The stakes could not have been higher. The chaos could not have been wilder. It’s fair to say that no production in the Metropolitan Opera’s history has been more vexed than the new staging ...

Seattle Opera will close its 2024/25 season with Giacomo Puccini’s shocking melodrama Tosca, the fiery tale of an opera diva who risks everything to save her beloved from the grasp of a sadistic and ...

Extraordinary soprano Lise Davidsen stars as the volatile diva Floria Tosca for the first time at the Met. David McVicar’s thrilling production also features tenor Freddie De Tommaso in his eagerly ...

Amarillo Opera kicks off their 35th season with Giacomo Puccini's "Tosca" on Saturday, Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. at the Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts. The story, played out in three acts, is a ...

MILAN (Reuters) - "Tosca", Giacomo Puccini's opera about a diva prepared to do anything for love, was given a cinematic flavor as it opened La Scala's season for the first time, winning a 16-minute ...